Many comic book characters anchor global franchises, but their creators—or the writers and artists who helped popularize them—haven’t always shared that success. ZestworldA new subscription-based platform scheduled to launch in early 2022, it hopes to change that. Zestworld It will allow comic book writers and artists to submit new works and reap the benefits – …
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Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | sewer | How to Listen Inside “Made in America” Farah Stockman writes about the collapse of manufacturing employment in the United States, focusing on the lives of workers at an Indianapolis factory that moved to Mexico. Stockman, a member of The New York Times editorial board, talks about the …
2020 quarantine and isolation did not succumb Brandi Carlile. The exact opposite. Her seventh album “In These Silent Days” challenges the extremes of Carlile’s songwriting. He empathizes, apologizes and makes accusations. He is right and self-doubt. She sings joyous lullabies and screams with her mouth full. The album reaffirms and polishes his ambitions. Carlile’s music …
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Poet and musician Camae Ayewa is a study of uninterrupted movement. In a recent video call from Los Angeles, she chatted while paced her apartment, stopped to open a few lockers, and popped a Ricola cough drop. “When people hang out with me, we won’t just sit and talk the whole time,” she said. “I …
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TOKYO — A Paralympic swimmer trains for a while in the cold Arkansas River after the coronavirus pandemic cut off her access to the pool. Another borrowed a swimming bench, installed it in his garage in Minnesota, and simulated his strokes against the resistance of a pulley system. This was the closest he came to …
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Andrew Velazquez attended numerous Yankee games as a child, but had no recollection of attending a game against the team’s toughest opponents. “These tickets were probably too expensive for me,” said Velazquez, a Bronx native, when asked if he had visited the Red Sox’s Yankee Stadium on Wednesday. Velazquez, 27, spoke while wearing a back-mounted …
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